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What is Nanotechnology?
At MITRE, nanotechnology is defined as engineering on the molecular scale—i.e.,
using molecular-scale structures as the components of future systems that
are designed and integrated on that same scale. This involves putting
molecules and other molecular-scale structures, such as nanowires and
quantum dots, where one wants them in enormous numbers. This permits the
engineering of entire nanostructured systems of macroscopic extent from
the bottom up.
The slide shown below summarizes many of these important ideas.
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